Hook and eye.



No. 655,884. Patented Au 14, 1900.

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HOOK AND EYE.

(Application filed Feb. 21, 1900.)

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VICTOR O. MILLS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,884, dated August14, 1900. Application filed February 21, 1900. Serial No. 6,039. (Nomodel.)

T0 00% whom, it; may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR O. ll/IILLS, a resident of Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new anduseful Hook and Eye,- of which the following is a specification. Myinvention relates to hooks and eyes generally; and my object is toprovide a novel and efficient construction thereof whereby the same maybe readily attached or detached from the cloth and sewing thereofdispensed with.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my hook andeye together, both being enlarged considerably above the average size ofsuch articles; Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3, a section online 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4., an elevation of the hook and eye secured tocloth; Fig. 5, an elevation of a modified form of hook; Fig. 6, a sideelevation thereof, and Fig. 7 a section on line 7 of Fig. 5.

Both the hook and eye are preferably formed of a single piece orstrip,usually a single continuous wire, which may be of any suitable diameterand length, according to the size of book and eye desired or to theparticular uses to which they are to be applied. While the forms shownare being described, it is therefore to be borne in mind that theproportions and the exact lines may be changed or varied withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

In general terms the hook and eye consists of a hook and eye proper andan attachment member, which may be conveniently termed a shank.

In the hook and eye shown in Figs. 1 to 3 the hook is made of acontinuous wire bent at its middle so as form the hook proper, (marked2,) which preferably has the two lateral swells 3. Each wire is bentdownwardly at 4 and then outwardly, making short members 5. Each wire isthen given an outwardlyextending or lateral loop 6, from which theportion 7 extends to a suitable distance and preferably substantially ina line with the The last Wires 8 of the wire are then bentlaterally-that is, in such manner that, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, theywill lie in the, same plane as the portions 7, practically forming a U.The extreme ends 9 of the wire may be pointed and are adapted to enterthe loops 6 and rest therein in their normal condition. These loops 6preferably have a restricted opening on their inner adjacent sides intowhich the pin-point ends of the wire snap, whereby the accidentaldisplacement or release of such ends is prevented. As illustrated inFig. 3, the loops 6 are open on their inner adjacent sides and may beprovided with a drop or socket 10 to receive the ends of the members 8,although obviously such socket is not essential, but may be entirelydispensed with. However, it may be found advantageous in case thereshould be any liability of the eye engaging underneath the points 9 inunhooking. The eye embodies the same general principles of means forattachment to the cloth and may also be made from a continuous wire,asshown. The wire is first looped at the center to make a loop 11 or eyeproper, and the remainder of the wire is bent to form the lateral lpops12, outwardly-extending portions 13 and the extreme portions 14:extending inwardly-that is, toward the hookand entering the loops 12. Sofar as the means of fastening to the goods is concerned the eye issimilar to the hook. The eye is of course fastened to the cloth in thesame manner as the hook, and consequently the described operation of oneapplies to both. In attaching the hook the members 8 are removed fromthe loops 6 by. forcing them inward, so that they will then be below andoutside the loops. The points 9 are then inserted through the goods atthe proper place, and the entire hook is drawn substantially parallelwith the goods, the members 7 pressing closely on top the goods and themembers 8 closely beneath, owing to the fact that such latter membersare not bent downwardly at right angles to the goods, but laterally andin the same plane. When the hook has thus been drawn suflieiently toengage enough of the cloth, either the hook or the cloth may be given asharp movement to cause the points to pass through in the oppositedirection. The members 8 are then inserted in their loops by springingthem inward and then allowing them to assume their normal position insuch loops.

, tering loop 16.

The swells 3 on the hook permit positive insertion or removal of theeye, but prevent accidental disengagement.

Both the hook and eye have a broad hearing', owing to thelaterally-extending loops and the width of the portions directlyengaging the cloth, so that a firm fastening or attachment covering asufiicient surface of the cloth is obtained. Furthermore,when theportions 8 are in substantially the same plane as the portions ormembers 7 all such portions are caused to lie flat and close to thecloth, which is practically'engaged between or interwoven with suchportions of the hookor eye.

While the members of the shank are described and illustrated as lying inthe same plane and while such arrangement may be preferable or desirablein certain cases or with certain sizes of hook or certain thicknesses ofcloth, yet it will be understood that my invention is not limited tosuch arrangement except as to those claims expressly specifying thatfeature.

The modification of hook shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 embodies the samegeneral features as in the other hook, but is provided with means forpreventing disengagement of the eye. The hook proper (marked 15) isformed at the middle of the wire, which is bent downwardly andoutwardly. Lateral loops 16 and 17 are also formed; but instead of thewires then continuing outwardly the wires cross below the hook. The wireof loop 16 continues'at right angles to form the portion or member 18and the member 19, bent laterally and extending back in substantiallythe same plane as portion 18 and finally entering loop 17. The wire ofloop 17 extends outwardlythat is, toward the right-(see Fig. 5,) andthen is curved upwardly above the crossing of the loop-wires andpreferably as high or higher, if desired, than the plane of hook 15, asshown in Fig. 6. A hump 20 is thereby formed. The wire then forms theportions 21 and 22, similar to 18 and 19, the end 22 en- This hook isattached to the cloth in the same manner as the form first described,and any suitable eye may be used. When the eye is inserted in the hook,it

\ springs the hump downward and is afterward held in the hook againstaccidental disengagement.

It is obvious that whether in the process of forming the hook the hookproper is formed first or not is immaterial, inasmuch as the process maybegin at the free ends or pin points and end with the formation of thehook or the eye. Therefore it is to be understood that the inventionrelates to the finished hook or eye and the claims are directed theretoregardless of the formation or bending of the members in point of time.

I claim- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a hook or eye having a hookor eye proper and an attachment member or shank with pin-point ends forattachment to the cloth, said shank having loops which have an openingat their inner adjacent sides and which have a socket on their bottomportion, said ends being insertible in the loops only through suchopenin gs and adapted to rest in such sockets.

2. Asa new article of manufacture, a hook or eye having a hook or eyeproper and a shank with a pin-point end for attachment to the cloth, themembers of the shank lying in substantially the same plane, loops onsuch shank substantially at right angles to the plane of the shank, suchloops having a restricted opening on their inner adjacent sides intowhich such pin-point ends snap.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a hook or eye comprising a strip orwire looped at the middle to form the hook or the eye proper,each of theends remaining being bent to form, first, a loop in a planesubstantially at right angles to the plane of the hook and eye, second,an outwardly-extending member and, third, an inwardly-extending portionbent laterally of, and in the same plane as, said member, the extremefree ends of said portions entering said loops.

4. As a new article of manufacture, ahook or eye comprising a strip orwire forming a hook or eye at its middle, the ends being 5. As a newarticle of manufacture, ahook or eye comprising a strip or wire forminga hook or an eye at its middle, the remaining ends being first formed inpartial loops in a plane substantially at right angles to the plane ofthe hook or eye with an entrance on their inner adjacent sides, and thenformed substantially into a U, the extreme ends being adapted tobesprung inward to enter said loops and then to resume their normalrelative position but in the loops said loops rising above the plane ofthe U.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a hook having a hook proper and anattachment member or shank with a pin-point end for attachment to thecloth, such shank lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the hook andhaving a loop in a plane substantially at right angles to the plane ofthe hook and extending toward such hook, said pin-point end of the shankresting in such loop.

7. A garment-hook having a hook proper, portions 5, lateral loops 6,withsockets 10, and members 7 and 8 which form a U, the ends of members 8entering said loops and resting in said sockets.

8. A garment-hook having a hook proper, loops 6 below the hook properand in close proximity thereto and members 7 and 8 extending from theloops and in the form of a U the ends of members 8 entering said loopsthe tops of the loops being above the plane of members 7 and 8.

9. A hook comprising a hook proper having swells 3, bend 4, shortportions 5, loops 6 below the hook and open on their inner adjacentsides, said loops extending laterally and upwardly in proximity to thehook and substantially in a plane rearward of the swells, and members 7and 8 extending from said loops and forming a U, the extreme free endsof members entering said loops.

10. As a new article of manufacture, a hook comprisinga strip or Wirebent to form a hook proper, a loop under such hook proper and finallybent to form a U, such loop alone extending into close proximity to thehook proper to prevent accidental disengagement of the eye from thehook.

vIoroR o. MILLS.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL E. HIBBEN, LOUISE E. SERAGE.

